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How much does a dietitian earn in Sweden?

Dieticians. 1,400 people employed in Sweden.

38,200SEK

per month is the median salary for a dietitian in Sweden in 2025. That is in line with the median across all jobs in the country, 38,300 SEK.

+3.5% since 2024

≈ €3,400 / $3,950 at September 2026 exchange rates, before tax.

That is roughly 30,452 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

≈ 220 SEK an hour · 458,400 SEK a year

The hourly figure is the monthly salary divided by 173.3 hours (40 hours a week × 52 weeks / 12 months); the yearly figure is twelve times the monthly salary.

The average salary for a dietitian in Sweden is 38,300 SEK per month (2025). The median salary is 38,200 SEK. The lowest-paid 10% earn under 31,900 SEK and the highest-paid 10% over 44,800 SEK.

Figures are gross monthly salary before tax, converted to full time. Income tax in Sweden is roughly 30–34% for most earners, plus a national surtax on income above about 51,000 SEK a month.

Average pay
38,300 SEK
Mean gross monthly salary
Lowest 10%
31,900 SEK
Earn less than this
Highest 10%
44,800 SEK
Earn more than this
People employed
1,400
In this job in Sweden

The pay range

How monthly salaries are distributed among dieticians in Sweden. The same scale is used in the tables further down.

31,900 SEKLowest 10%38,200 SEKMedian44,800 SEKHighest 10%
Light band: the middle 80 per cent. Dark band: the middle half, earning 34,400–41,400 SEK. The red line is the median salary across all jobs in Sweden.

Dietitian starting salary

Statistics Sweden publishes no starting-salary figures. The closest proxies are what the youngest people in the job earn and where the lower end of the pay distribution sits.

The youngest in the job, aged 25–34, earn 34,000 SEK a month on average — roughly 27,300 SEK after tax in an average municipality.

Starting-salary proxies, before and after tax
Before tax After tax
Average, aged 25–34 34,000 SEK 27,284 SEK
Lowest 10% earn less than 31,900 SEK 25,700 SEK
Lowest 25% earn less than 34,400 SEK 27,586 SEK

These are proxies, not starting salaries. An age band holds both people who have just started and people ten years into the job, and the lowest paid are not always newcomers. The collective-agreement minimum and an individual offer can sit above or below.

Dietitian pay in the private and public sector

What dieticians earn depends a great deal on who the employer is.

Monthly salary by sector and gender
Sector Average pay Median pay Men Women
All sectors 38,300 SEK 38,200 SEK – 38,300 SEK
Private sector 41,000 SEK 41,200 SEK – 41,300 SEK
Public sector 37,800 SEK 37,500 SEK 35,100 SEK 37,600 SEK
Municipalities 43,300 SEK 43,300 SEK – 43,400 SEK
Regions (health care) 37,400 SEK 37,100 SEK 34,700 SEK 37,300 SEK

Dietitian salary after tax in Sweden

What dieticians actually take home depends on which municipality they live in. The table shows what 38,200 SEK a month comes to after tax in a few of them.

That is roughly 30,452 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

38,200 SEK a month after tax, by municipality
Municipality Municipal and regional tax After tax
Average municipality 32.38% 30,452 SEK
Stockholm 30.55% 30,967 SEK
Göteborg 32.60% 30,400 SEK
Malmö 32.42% 30,442 SEK
Österåker (lowest tax) 28.93% 31,269 SEK
Dorotea (highest tax) 35.65% 29,677 SEK
  • The youngest in the job, aged 25–34 years, earn 34,000 SEK before tax — roughly 27,284 SEK after.
  • The best paid 10% earn more than 44,800 SEK, which is roughly 35,029 SEK after tax.

Calculate the salary after tax for a dietitian

The figures assume an average municipality, no church fee and an age under 66. The calculator takes your own municipality into account.

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Dietitian salary by age

Pay for dieticians normally rises with years in the job.

Monthly salary by age
Age 35,000 45,000 Average pay Men Women Number
25–34 years 34,000 SEK – 34,000 SEK 370
35–44 years 38,200 SEK – 38,200 SEK 430
45–54 years 41,000 SEK – 41,000 SEK 300
55–64 years 42,400 SEK – 42,400 SEK 220

Pay by level of education

Monthly salary by level of education
Level of education 35,000 45,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Post-secondary education 3 years or more (ISCED97 5A) 38,000 SEK – 38,100 SEK 1,300

Dietitian salary by region

Statistics Sweden reports pay by job at the level of national areas (NUTS 2), not by county.

Monthly salary by region
Region 35,000 45,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Stockholm 39,900 SEK – 40,100 SEK 310
East-Central Sweden 37,800 SEK – 38,000 SEK 240
South Sweden 39,800 SEK – 39,900 SEK 190
West Sweden 37,000 SEK – 37,100 SEK 260

Dietitian pay growth 2014–2025

Median salary per year. Years with no reported median are skipped. The dashed line marks the break between the older and the newer series at Statistics Sweden; comparisons across it should be made with care.

From 28,300 SEK in 2014 to 38,200 SEK in 2025, +35% in total. Nominal figures, not adjusted for inflation. The lighter part of the line, the years before 2023, comes from an older set of statistics at Statistics Sweden and is not fully comparable with the later years.

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Swedish job titles in this occupation

Statistics Sweden files the following Swedish job titles under SSYK 2282, “dietister”. These are the titles you will actually meet in Swedish job ads.

  • Dietist

Frequently asked questions

How much does a dietitian earn in 2026?

The latest figures are Statistics Sweden's salary structure statistics for 2025, published on 16 June 2026. The median salary was then 38,200 SEK a month before tax, against 36,900 SEK the year before (2024) — +3.5%. Figures for 2026 are normally published in June 2027; until then the 2025 figures are the latest there are, and we do not project our own.

What is the median salary for a dietitian in Sweden?

The median salary for a dietitian in Sweden is 38,200 SEK per month before tax (2025). That means half earn less and half earn more. The median across all jobs in Sweden is 38,300 SEK, so dieticians sit in line with the typical job.

How much does a dietitian earn after tax?

The median salary for a dietitian is 38,200 SEK a month before tax. In an average Swedish municipality, without the church fee and for someone under 66, that works out at roughly 30,500 SEK after tax. The exact figure depends on which municipality you live in — our salary-after-tax calculator works it out.

What is the difference between average and median pay for dieticians?

The average (38,300 SEK) is the mean of every salary and is pulled upwards by the highest earners. The median (38,200 SEK) is the salary in the middle of the scale and usually gives a better picture of what dieticians typically earn.

What is the starting salary for a dietitian in Sweden?

Statistics Sweden does not publish starting salaries as such. The closest figure is the youngest people in the job: dieticians aged 25–34 years earn 34,000 SEK per month on average. The lowest-paid 10% in the job earn less than 31,900 SEK. More in the section “Dietitian starting salary” above.

How high can the salary go for dieticians?

The highest-paid 10% in the job earn more than 44,800 SEK per month. Pay is shaped by sector, experience, level of education and where in the country you work.

Where in Sweden does a dietitian earn the most?

Pay is highest in Stockholm, where dieticians earn 39,900 SEK per month on average.

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